Holly Bush Park

No availability at present on Pitchup.com 9 175 reviews
Grass pitches (added by manager 25 Aug 2022)
Grass pitches
Pitches on site
Lower field, ideal for tents / camper vans
Large grass field
Swish tent on site
Lovely dog walking through priors' wood
Non-electric camping and motorhome field, right next door to the main site
Exploring around the site in autumn
1/67
Favourite
Pitches on site
Lower field, ideal for tents / camper vans
Large grass field

  • Peaceful siteover two and a half acres in the scenic Blackdown Hills
  • Spacious pitches on the edge of woodland six miles from Taunton
  • Local pub within 50 metres and several more within easy reach
It's a simple couple of minutes' amble (or totter) to (or back from) the pub local to Holly Bush Park in the Blackdown Hills, but that's not even the most mighty fine part of this small and secluded site... This peaceful place's setting six miles south of Taunton is also a teeny drive from the border with Devon, among countryside walks, Forestry Commission woods and yet more country pubs, and all in a wildlife haven and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. If it's sands and dinos you seek, Lyme Regis, Charmouth and the spectacular Jurassic Coast are all within 35 minutes; closer to home, the site is directly opposite woodland; golf, horse riding and fishing are within a couple of miles, and two sports centres are under five miles away. Although it's a small site, Holly Bush is acclaimed for its excellent and well-kept facilities and its overall setup, laid out over two and a half acres with green space aplenty for kids – and their grownups – to play. The amenities block has separate ladies' and gents' shower areas, free hot water, toilets, a washing-up area and a laundry room. Calor gas is available to buy on site.

Site type

Touring caravan pitches 5
Motorhome pitches 5
Tent pitches 15
Open all year
Opens

Tourist board rating

Please note
  • Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
  • The site does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Dangerous Dogs Act (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).

Languages spoken

English

Reviews

9

Overall rating based on 175 reviews View breakdown

Peaceful

Voted 71% of visitors View breakdown

85%

would recommend this site to a friend

82%

would stay here again

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Sorry to say this place has changed in the past 12 months…

Overall 6/10
Location 8
Value for money 2
Accommodation 4
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 2
Cleanliness 4
Wifi 4
charlie W. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass and gravel pitch

Liked: Sorry to say this place has changed in the past 12 months - visited in 2023 and was happy Lovely warm welcome from the gentleman who runs/ lives on site - but that’s where the good review stops. This is now a residential site with overflowing bins and cold toilets that didn’t get cleaned for 3 days. People about are friendly but when people are living on a site it shouldn’t really be advertised as it is. Just be honest as to what you are providing and to who and let customers make a fair decision to stay .

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Hot shower, hairdryer and lovely walks for our two dogs.…

Overall 8/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 4
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Lower Field non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch

Liked: Hot shower, hairdryer and lovely walks for our two dogs.

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Friendly site

Overall 6/10
Location 6
Value for money 6
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 8
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 6
les P. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass and gravel pitch

Liked: Staff/ owner very friendly and helpful, stayed on an overnight.

Disliked: They site are no longer taking touring bookings and moving the operation to cater for long term residents.

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Had late availability for a stopover. Facilities are decent and clean. Not…

Overall 6/10
Location 8
Value for money 8
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 4
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Lower Field non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch

Liked: Had late availability for a stopover. Facilities are decent and clean. Not expensive. Friendly welcome. Pub next door is lovely and friendly with good food.

Disliked: As others have said, this place feels like the majority of people just live there rather than a campsite. When we turned up they didn't know where to put us (although to be fair it was a very last minute booking).

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Over priced

Overall 6/10
Location 8
Value for money 4
Accommodation 6
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 8
Child friendliness 6
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass and gravel pitch

Liked: Easy to find with Google maps. WiFi does work but no password needed so not sure how secure it is!

Disliked: Felt like staying on a site where everyone lived there permanently as almost all pitches had permanent owners. Washing up taps had to hold tap down and got blasted with water. Didn’t use shower. Dog left parking most of the evening and started again at 6.30. Pitch I was on you could hear the busy road from 7. Well over priced £32 most I’ve paid and definitely not worth it should be more like £19 pn.

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Terrible

Overall 4/10
Location 2
Value for money 2
Accommodation 2
Facilities / Activities 4
Customer service 6
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 6
Wifi 2
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass and gravel pitch

Liked: The way out

Disliked: The pitch was small and uneven the hook up was lying on the ground the bins were overflowing the site was full of old RVs and motor homes, in the adjoining field was what seemed to be a gipsy site, didn’t feel safe. Never been to a worse site. And thirty pounds was really over the top for a none fully serviced pitch.

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Absolutely lovely, very quiet and safe. Facilities were extremely cleaned. No network…

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi No rating
Cristina P. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Lower Field non-electric grass tent or motorhome pitch

Liked: Absolutely lovely, very quiet and safe. Facilities were extremely cleaned. No network in the area, which it was great for us as we wanted to have a couple of days of total relax.

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Perfect for a stop on the way somewhere else.

Overall 6/10
Location 8
Value for money 10
Accommodation 8
Facilities / Activities 6
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 2
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 2
Vicki R. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass and gravel pitch

Liked: Friendly staff, fully serviced pitch, local woodland walk. Pub a 2 minute walk away was really good. We stayed as a stopover on the way to Cornwall and it was perfect for this. Facilities were clean until other residents left all their food waste in the sink, but this is not the site’s fault. Quiet location except for the building work, but that was done by 5pm.

Disliked: Lots of permanent or long term pitches used for permanent residency gave the site an odd feel. Shower/loo block was cold.

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Something we will always remember!

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 10
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 10
Customer service 10
Child friendliness 10
Cleanliness 10
Wifi 10
Anonymous The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass and gravel pitch

Liked: The recycling was well marked for you. The utility company building site at the end of the campsite would provide hours of free entertainment to children with its diggers, dumpers & pneumatic drilling from 9am - 4pm many people seemed to have booked in for the duration as they liked it so much! Our neighbour had rather ingeniously even brought his lovely wheelbarrow with him! Booked & paid for 3 days we left after one night due to a failure of one of our senses unfortunately.

Disliked: There was an answerphone in the reception when we got lost on the way. The owners had gone out for the day, well it was lovely weather to make the most of. Son Matthew was eventually procured who was a lovely helpful young man who assisted us in parking in the pitch.

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Lovely site with clean facilities and friendly staff.

Overall 10/10
Location 10
Value for money 8
Accommodation 10
Facilities / Activities 8
Customer service 10
Child friendliness No rating
Cleanliness 8
Wifi 6
Sue T. The reviewer booked through Pitchup.com

Electric grass and gravel pitch

Liked: Lovely quiet site and amenities were clean (lovely hot shower). Paul, the warden, was really friendly and helpful. Friendly pub (Holman Clavell) 2 minutes walk along the road, with great food.

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Features

Dogs allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Games room Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Play area TV room Take away Tennis Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available Car parking by pitch/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Food shop Free wifi Ice pack freezing Internet access Launderette Parent & baby washroom Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Public telephone Shower available Toilet block Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided Barbecues allowed Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Peaceful Walkers' paradise Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities Chemical disposal Electric car charging point(s) Gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Dog walk nearby

Type

Small (11-25 pitches)

Accessibility

Disabled facilities

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby Fishing nearby Golf nearby Horse riding nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches Tourer storage facilities

Location

Holly Bush Park

Culmhead

Taunton

Somerset

England

TA3 7EA

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

50.93958°N
-3.11062°W

Nearest transport

Coach
8.4 km Bus Station
9.3 km Post Office
9.3 km Post Office
Rail
9.3 km Taunton Rail Station
14.1 km Bishop's Lydeard
16.8 km Honiton Rail Station
Ferry
24.1 km Bridgwater Ferry Terminal
38 km Topsham Ferry Landing
38.1 km Topsham (Turf Lock Ferry) Ferry Landing
Airport
31.7 km Exeter International Airport

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

This is a stunning setting, metres from woodland, walks and country pubs, and within easy driving distance of activities and attractions over Somerset, Devon and Dorset. Playing fields and parks are close by. The coasts of three counties are all handy for day trips: at Somerset, have a day at Weston-super-Mare or Minehead, both under an hour away; at Devon, make for Seaton and Dawlish, 35 and 55 minutes' drive respectively, and at Dorset, dig into the attractions of the Jurassic Coast at Lyme Regis, Bridport and West Bay, all within 45 minutes. For local walks and dog walks around the region's woodland and the Blackdown Hills of Outstanding Natural Beauty, try the two reservoirs and the nature reserve of Otterford Lakes, five minutes' drive from the site, where anglers can also cast off for wild brown trout. Or have an urban wander around Somerset's towns and cities such as Wellington (15 minutes), Exeter (45 minutes) and Glastonbury, just under an hour away.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name Distance Type 2020 2019 2018 2017
Seaton (Devon) 26.4 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Lyme Regis Front Beach 27 km Sea N/A Good Good N/A
Beer 27.1 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent
Charmouth West 27.1 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Good
Sidmouth Town 30.7 km Sea N/A Excellent Excellent Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty 8.4 km

Montacute House 27.8 km

The National Trust Killerton House & Gardens 29.4 km

Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site 29.9 km

Mapperton House & Gardens 32.7 km

National Trust

Fyne Court 15.7 km

Loughwood Meeting House 17.4 km

Barrington Court 17.5 km

Shute Barton 19 km

Priest's House 22.5 km

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

POUNDISFORD PARK 4.1 km

WELLINGTON PARK 9.6 km

HATCH (BEAUCHAMP) COURT 9.8 km

NYNEHEAD COURT 10.3 km

HESTERCOMBE 12.8 km

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Nearest sites

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable sites.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Does Holly Bush Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
  • Is Holly Bush Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
  • What attractions are near Holly Bush Park? This is a stunning setting, metres from woodland, walks and country pubs, and within easy driving distance of activities and attractions over Somerset, Devon and Dorset. Playing fields and parks are close … Read more
  • When can I check in and check out of Holly Bush Park?
    Camping and touring
    Arrive:  noon –  7 p.m.
    Depart by:  11:30 a.m.
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